Download or read book This Magnificent Desolation written by Thomas O'Malley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Possessing no memories of his life before entering an orphanage, young Duncan recites fantastical stories about his origins and is astonished when his singer mother claims him into an adult world of hazy bars, a salty Vietnam veteran lover and an ancient radio that reports on the fates of lost Apollo mission astronauts. By the author of In the Province of Saints. 20,000 first printing.